Kate
@iamwintermute.bsky.social
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We need this in the GTA.
August 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
We need this in the GTA.
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This is why gender affirming care and abortion are part of the same fight for bodily autonomy. You ignore what's happening to trans people at your peril.
Trump's DOJ has accused gender-affirming care providers of colluding with drug manufacturers to violate federal law. In March, I warned this argument could easily be used against abortion providers.
Today, Josh Hawley did exactly this in a letter urging DOJ to investigate abortion info site Plan C.
Today, Josh Hawley did exactly this in a letter urging DOJ to investigate abortion info site Plan C.
DOJ Takes Aim At Off-Label Prescriptions in Gender-Affirming Care Fight
The Trump Administration’s arguments in a recent hearing over a subpoena for trans patients’ medical records could also spell danger for abortion access.
www.autonomynews.co
July 20, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This is why gender affirming care and abortion are part of the same fight for bodily autonomy. You ignore what's happening to trans people at your peril.
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This, not polar bears, is what climate crisis means.
Cascading infrastructure breakdowns. Can't get around coz roads have buckled; power plants shut down coz rivers are too hot & shallow
Never forget that the "economy" is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...
Cascading infrastructure breakdowns. Can't get around coz roads have buckled; power plants shut down coz rivers are too hot & shallow
Never forget that the "economy" is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...
June 28, 2026 at 3:21 AM
This, not polar bears, is what climate crisis means.
Cascading infrastructure breakdowns. Can't get around coz roads have buckled; power plants shut down coz rivers are too hot & shallow
Never forget that the "economy" is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...
Cascading infrastructure breakdowns. Can't get around coz roads have buckled; power plants shut down coz rivers are too hot & shallow
Never forget that the "economy" is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...
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this is a masterpiece
May 19, 2026 at 2:29 PM
this is a masterpiece
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Quoting so I remember to do this in the morning (and you could too perhaps?)
Canadian citizens and residents, there's a new official parliamentary petition raising the issue of electoral reform and proportional representation. Signing is a direct means of meaningful action toward improving our democracy, and it just takes a moment to do. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6993 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Quoting so I remember to do this in the morning (and you could too perhaps?)
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Kind of a tradition now.
✨ 🌈 HAPPY PRIDE MONTH FROM CAROL & JESS 🌈 ✨
Art by Leisha Riddel
✨ 🌈 HAPPY PRIDE MONTH FROM CAROL & JESS 🌈 ✨
Art by Leisha Riddel
June 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Kind of a tradition now.
✨ 🌈 HAPPY PRIDE MONTH FROM CAROL & JESS 🌈 ✨
Art by Leisha Riddel
✨ 🌈 HAPPY PRIDE MONTH FROM CAROL & JESS 🌈 ✨
Art by Leisha Riddel
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Vote him out, folks.
#Breaking: Doug Ford triggers snap Ontario election for Feb. 27
Doug Ford triggers snap Ontario election
Ford is taking Ontarians to the polls amid political instability in Ottawa after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced that he would resign.
www.thestar.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Vote him out, folks.
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We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
January 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
@foxxcub.bsky.social LOOK A BABY TOWEL
January 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
@foxxcub.bsky.social LOOK A BABY TOWEL
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This is good, you should read this.
i wrote a tiny bit about people taking photos of the screen at movies, and electing Trump
Wherefore Etiquette?
A few words about behaving like a human being
www.justatad.xyz
November 25, 2024 at 9:04 PM
This is good, you should read this.
Well here's 2 bunnos 😜
If you see this, post a bunny!
If you see this, post a bunny!
November 27, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Well here's 2 bunnos 😜
If you see this, post a bunny!
If you see this, post a bunny!
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Not sure if bluesky is ready for BAT-TREK but it’s my birthday today so here’s my gift to y’all 😘
November 12, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Not sure if bluesky is ready for BAT-TREK but it’s my birthday today so here’s my gift to y’all 😘
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And for anyone who needs a pick me up
July 1, 2024 at 6:54 PM
And for anyone who needs a pick me up
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Awful year for whooping cough. Important:
1) Vaccination during (every!) pregnancy helps drastically reduce risk of infant developing serious disease
2) Vaccination for infant on schedule
3) Vaccination of those around infant. Protects individuals from serious disease & reduces transmission risk
1) Vaccination during (every!) pregnancy helps drastically reduce risk of infant developing serious disease
2) Vaccination for infant on schedule
3) Vaccination of those around infant. Protects individuals from serious disease & reduces transmission risk
Pertussis in infants is terrifying but it’s not just the cough.
It’s the fact that babies literally STOP BREATHING.
~2/3 of infants hospitalized have apnea (life threatening pauses in breathing)
Vaccination starts at 2 mo so it’s important EVERYONE is immunized to protect our littlest ones.
It’s the fact that babies literally STOP BREATHING.
~2/3 of infants hospitalized have apnea (life threatening pauses in breathing)
Vaccination starts at 2 mo so it’s important EVERYONE is immunized to protect our littlest ones.
November 11, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Awful year for whooping cough. Important:
1) Vaccination during (every!) pregnancy helps drastically reduce risk of infant developing serious disease
2) Vaccination for infant on schedule
3) Vaccination of those around infant. Protects individuals from serious disease & reduces transmission risk
1) Vaccination during (every!) pregnancy helps drastically reduce risk of infant developing serious disease
2) Vaccination for infant on schedule
3) Vaccination of those around infant. Protects individuals from serious disease & reduces transmission risk
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Your intermittent reminder that RIPMedicalDebt is an organization that does great things.
ripmedicaldebt.org
You donate, say, $10 and they buy and erase $1000 of someone's medical debt.
ripmedicaldebt.org
You donate, say, $10 and they buy and erase $1000 of someone's medical debt.
February 19, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Your intermittent reminder that RIPMedicalDebt is an organization that does great things.
ripmedicaldebt.org
You donate, say, $10 and they buy and erase $1000 of someone's medical debt.
ripmedicaldebt.org
You donate, say, $10 and they buy and erase $1000 of someone's medical debt.
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At this point I'm working from the assumption that my finalist position for the Best Novel Hugo award last year is ill-gotten and taking the place that should have gone to a Chinese title and author, and don't really have a problem saying so.
New blog post: some thoughts on how recent disclosures reveal that the Hugo scandal is something very different - and much worse- than what we thought, and about how the Worldcon membership can demand accountability.
The 2023 Hugo Awards: Somehow, It Got Worse
The last month has been a busy one in Hugo and Worldcon fandom. After the shock of the much-belated 2023 nominating stats, and their revelat...
wrongquestions.blogspot.com
February 20, 2024 at 8:01 PM
At this point I'm working from the assumption that my finalist position for the Best Novel Hugo award last year is ill-gotten and taking the place that should have gone to a Chinese title and author, and don't really have a problem saying so.
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When I moderate panels (or do my own events) I always preface Q&A time with 3 rules:
1. Questions must be in the form of a question
2. Questions must be one part questions
3. Questions must be as short as possible
Because that way we can get more questions in.
I cut people off if they ignore.
1. Questions must be in the form of a question
2. Questions must be one part questions
3. Questions must be as short as possible
Because that way we can get more questions in.
I cut people off if they ignore.
Do read Kate Watson's post for the numbers on male domination of panel Q&As, and the easy adjustments moderators can make to prevent it.
I live in hope for the moderator who, when someone starts,
'This is more of a comment than a question'
says 'Actually no, let's move onto the next question'.
I live in hope for the moderator who, when someone starts,
'This is more of a comment than a question'
says 'Actually no, let's move onto the next question'.
Whenever I do a talk/panel I always ask the moderator to make sure the first Q&A comes from a woman/fem-presenting person
That more than doubles the chance that other women will be asked, subsequently, whereas if the 1st is a man, men dominate the Q&A.
Mods are always surprised, but usually try it
That more than doubles the chance that other women will be asked, subsequently, whereas if the 1st is a man, men dominate the Q&A.
Mods are always surprised, but usually try it
February 13, 2024 at 1:10 PM
When I moderate panels (or do my own events) I always preface Q&A time with 3 rules:
1. Questions must be in the form of a question
2. Questions must be one part questions
3. Questions must be as short as possible
Because that way we can get more questions in.
I cut people off if they ignore.
1. Questions must be in the form of a question
2. Questions must be one part questions
3. Questions must be as short as possible
Because that way we can get more questions in.
I cut people off if they ignore.
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With the latest Bluesky rollout, your skeets are now visible to anyone on the web. If you want to change this, you need to go to the Moderation tab in user settings and, confusingly, toggle the “Logged-out visibility” button ON.
December 22, 2023 at 7:22 PM
With the latest Bluesky rollout, your skeets are now visible to anyone on the web. If you want to change this, you need to go to the Moderation tab in user settings and, confusingly, toggle the “Logged-out visibility” button ON.
Thank goodness Darth reposted the smosh potato cus making this for Christmas potluck
the smosh potato is less of a recipe and more of a technique for getting a potato with a creamy center and cronchy edges
there are many ways to make these such as boiling and pan frying or roasting and deep frying but here is one that uses just one cookie sheet and a ziploc bag for minimal cleanup
there are many ways to make these such as boiling and pan frying or roasting and deep frying but here is one that uses just one cookie sheet and a ziploc bag for minimal cleanup
December 24, 2023 at 2:49 AM
Thank goodness Darth reposted the smosh potato cus making this for Christmas potluck
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This is that premium East German shit, where everyone is afraid of everyone else and they self-police and the grubbiest, shittiest little people get to wield the power of the state at whim. Great choices.
Missouri HB.1739 contains provisions for the immediate dismissal and 4 year suspension from employment for any nurse, teacher or social worker who calls a student a name other than that which is on their school registration forms, or fails to report a non-cis identity.
legiscan.com/MO/bill/HB17...
legiscan.com/MO/bill/HB17...
December 17, 2023 at 8:40 PM
This is that premium East German shit, where everyone is afraid of everyone else and they self-police and the grubbiest, shittiest little people get to wield the power of the state at whim. Great choices.
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it’s that time of year…. repost to save a life
December 17, 2023 at 4:00 AM
it’s that time of year…. repost to save a life
I love this so much
One of our neighbors has created a puzzle lending library & will cut missing pieces. As community-minded as it comes.
December 18, 2023 at 2:19 PM
I love this so much